WHAT: Pennsylvania House State Government Committee Majority Chairman Representative Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler) will convene a public hearing focusing on how to address Pennsylvania’s multi-billion dollar public pension funding crisis.

HARRISBURG — Less than 24 hours before the governor’s annual budget address, the PA House State Government Committee successfully advanced the Taxpayer Protection Act (House 472), that would Constitutionally limit the future growth of state government spending, to the House floor for consideration.

HARRISBURG — State Representative Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler) today circulated a memorandum asking colleagues in the state House to co-sponsor a resolution calling for the impeachment of Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane.

HARRISBURG —Legislation sponsored by State Representative Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler) to make the punishment more adequately fit the crime for copper wiring theft and also impose financial penalties against any jurisdiction that illegally adopts a local firearm ordinance was concurred on by the state House today and sent to the governor’s desk for signature.

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania House State Government Committee Majority Chairman, Representative Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler) distributed the following co-sponsorship memo today regarding his soon-to-be-introduced legislation that would suspend the state-issued licenses of any care facility entering into a contract with the Federal Office of Refugee Resettlement to provide housing to unaccompanied illegal alien youth.

HARRISBURG — House State Government Committee Majority Chairman, Representative Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler), announced on Monday that the committee has successfully advanced his legislation that bans cash gifts to elected officials and public employees. Metcalfe’s legislation received unanimous bipartisan support.

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania House State Government Committee Majority Chairman, Representative Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler), today announced the introduction of his legislation that would require state and local law enforcement agencies to fully comply with federal law and cooperate with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the capture and detainment of illegal aliens.

WHAT: House State Government Committee Majority Chairman, Representative Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler), will convene a public hearing to discuss legislation that would end the union practice of direct payroll deductions to collect dues and political contributions at taxpayers’ expense (House Bill 1507).

WHAT: Pennsylvania House State Government Committee Majority Chairman, Representative Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler), will join with state lawmakers and citizen activists from Americans for Prosperity – Pennsylvania for a state Capitol rally to demand passage of legislation that would end the union practice of direct payroll deductions to collect union dues and political contributions at taxpayers’ expense (House Bill 1507).

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania House State Government Committee Majority Chairman, Representative Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler), today released the following statement in light of Gov. Tom Corbett’s recent decision not to appeal the federal district court decision striking down Pennsylvania’s Defense of Marriage Act: